Edith Wharton · 1920
- What it is
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Slow and sad, in the good way · tender, with a sting
- Genre
- Classics Historical fiction Romance Literary
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Sad, and in no hurry · love hurts sometimes
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Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005
Sadness on a low heat · it leaves you thinking
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